Cuts go on as Britain slides into double-dip recession

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David Cameron has defied calls for a reversal of the Government’s austerity
programme as official figures confirmed Britain tumbled into its first
double-dip recession since the mid-1970s.

The economy shrank by 0.2 per cent in the first three months of the year after
a 0.3 per cent fall at the end of 2011, the Office for National Statistics
said.

The Prime Minister admitted that Britain’s economic plight had “just got
tougher” and that the figures were “very, very disappointing”. He insisted
that the Government would not waver from its deficit-reduction plan. Slowing
the pace of cuts would “put at risk